# SII 13.189: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 189. (A.R. No. 332 of 1927.) TIRUPPUṞAMBIYAM,
KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL
SHRINE, SĀKSHĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0189

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0189.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This records the gift of 6 kaḻañju of gold to provide for the daily
supply of an āḻākku of ghee, for half a lamp in the temple of the
Bhaṭṭārakar at Tiruppuṟambiyam by a Veḷḷāḷa of the place named
Dēśākkuṟai Aranidi. This is possibly an inscription of Sundara-Chōḷa.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirājakesaripanmar⟨2⟩kku yāṇṭu 8⁓Āvatu
tiruppuṟampiyamuṭaiya paṭṭālakar⟨3⟩kku Ivūr Irukkum veḷḷāḷan
tecākku⟨4⟩ṟai Aranitic candrādittavaṟ Erikka vaitta viḷakku ⟨5⟩ Arai
Araikku nicata māḻākku ne⟨y⟩yaṭṭa 6 <kaḻañcu>m Ippoṉ koṇṭu kaṭa⟨6⟩vār
kāśyapaṉ peruṉamappin=toṉṟiyum kociyan koṟṟa⟨7⟩nk kūttaṉum ∥⁓

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.189 by Srinivasa Rao 1952 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian inscriptions (texts) (with
introductory notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian
Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 104, item
189.